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Online behaviour tracking and the erosion of your privacy
Marketing and media companies are always looking for innovative ways to gauge consumer behaviour and activity online. It affects how accurately they’re able to…
Myspace is in a pretty bad space at the moment
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Jailed for Facebook: Be careful who you befriend
Joanne Frail, a 40-year-old mother from Manchester, UK, was recently given eight months jail time for contempt of court. Her crime: engaging in Facebook…
Google ranks best in industry salaries — They’re also hiring
In the digital revolution, few companies carry as much clout as Google. Although its physical headquarters can be found in Mountain View, California, the…
You just got served … via Facebook
Most of us think of Facebook as a positive, fairly innocuous, tool for social engagement and peer-to-peer networking. But courts and lawmakers are increasingly…
Media piracy: You’re not as anonymous as you might think
Enforcing statutory penalties on intellectual property infringements in the media industry is moving up a notch. In the US, a federal judge recently agreed…
Faster fingers are making us weaker
For the emergent generation of adolescents and pre-adolescents, at least in developed economies, constant high-speed internet access and online networking have become the very…
Yahoo! Freshens its mail client
Yahoo is not asleep at the email wheel – it’s no longer the first pick it once was, but still manages to bring out…
China bans time travel
The Chinese government recently announced its latest contraband: time travel. Or at least time travel as it’s depicted in fictional enterprises such as films…
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